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But isn't this a grand narrative too? You are person who lived much of your life in an illusion, the illusion that there was a narrative or a plot. No...
April 20, 2018 at 05:19
No difference really. I suggest that worldviews tend to come with roles for the worldviewer. Can we write our own metanarratives? In some sense, yes, ...
April 20, 2018 at 05:16
Ha. Well, there's no chance of avoiding that, is there? This is one way to read 'Hell is other people.' These others are 'hell' because they refuse to...
April 20, 2018 at 04:56
Good description. Hamlet comes to mind. What's interesting is our power to shape the play. A charismatic person can influence others. It seems to me t...
April 20, 2018 at 04:50
This sounds good, but it's hard not to doubt the extremity of these extremes. The theoretical physicist can get down to some hip music, but presumably...
April 18, 2018 at 02:16
To me this is almost the criticism of theology metaphysics. For me this is tied up with the idea of God becoming flesh. Words like 'flesh' point towar...
April 18, 2018 at 01:57